Photo: AP/Disney Music Group The Walt Disney Co.sMufasaclaimed the No. 1 spot on the North American box office charts over the first weekend of 2025. The photorealistic Lion King prequel earned $23.8 million in its third weekend, according to studio
This image released by Disney shows characters Afia, voiced by Anika Noni Rose, left, Mufasa, voiced by Braelyn Rankins, center, and Masego, voiced by Keith David, in a scene from “Mufasa: The Lion King.” (Disney via AP) Preliminary data
When the director Barry Jenkins approached Lin-Manuel Miranda about writing the songs for “Mufasa,” Disney’s new photorealistic prequel to the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” he was, to say the least, a little busy. It was the summer of 2021, and Mi